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COLONEL  JOHN  ALLAN, 

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BoKN  IN  EDiNBUHGn  Castle,  SCOTLAND,  Jan.  3,  1740. 
Died  ra  Lubec,  Maine,  Feb.  7, 1805. 

WITH     A     GENEALOGY. 

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GEORGE  H.  ALLAN, 

OF  NBW  TORK. 


ALBANY: 

JOEL    MUNSELL. 

1867. 


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.   NOTE. 

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Kidder,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  wJwse  valuable  suggestions  have  matenallji 
\     aided  Mm  in  the  preparation  of  t/w  Memoir. 


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COLONEL  JOHN  ALLAN, 

BoKN  m  EDiHBURon  Castle,  Scotland,  Jan.  3, 1746. 
Died  in  Lobec,  Maine,  Feb.  7, 1805. 

WITH     A     GENEALOGY. 


BY 


GEORGE  11.  ALLAN, 


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ALBANY: 
JOEL    MUNSELL. 

1867. 


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To  the  American  people  the  incidents  of  the  revolutionary  war 
are  of  peculiar  and  enduring  interest.  So  much  time  having 
elapsed  since  the  termination  of  that  conflict,  we  may  well  believe 
that  most  of  the  attainable  details  of  those  eventful  times  have 
already  been  communicated  to  the  public.  Though  the  military 
operations  of  the  revolution  may  seem  comparatively  insignificant 
when  compared  with  the  gigantic  war  for  the  Union  just  past,  we 
must  remember  that  in  the  events  of  the  former  period,  were  laid 
the  foundations  of  that  mighty  republic,  whose  enduring  perpet.uity 
is  now  insured  in  the  interest  of  free  institutions  and  equal  rights. 
In  the  present  sketch,  the  object  of  the  writer  is  to  present  a  few 
incidents  in  the  life  of  one  of  those  worthy  men  who,  in  "  the  times 
which  tried  men's  souls,"  stood  nobly  forward  in  the  defense  of 
liberty,  and  for  this,  sacrificed  wealth,  family  connections  and 
public  honors.  While  his  name  is  not  found  prominently  inscribed 
upon  the  roll  of  the  famous  men  of  those  times,  or  identified  with 
any  of  the  memorable  battles  of  that  period,  it  can  be  said  of  him, 
that  in  his  difiicult  and  often  daagerous  position,  he  acted  well 
his  part,  and  faithfully  and  energetically  performed  his  duty. 

John  Allan  was  the  eldest  son  of  William  Allan,  one  of  the 
earliest  settlers  of  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  and  was  born  in  Edinburgh 
Castle,  Scotland,  Jan.  3d,  1746,  0.  S.  His  father,  William  Allan, 
born  about  the  year  1720,  was  a  Scottish  gentleman  of  means,  and 
an  officer  in  the  British  army.  Tradition  says  his  rank  was  that  of 
a  major.  But  little  is  known  of  his  early  history  except  what  is 
learned  from  a  family  record  in  his  own  handwriting,  a  copy  of 
which  is  appended.  He  married  July  9th,  1744,  Isabella  Maxwell, 
daughter  of  Sir  Eustace  Maxwell,  a  gentleman  of  Scotland,  and  at  the 


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time  of  tho  birth  of  his  son.  in  January,  174G,  ho  was  temporarily 
residing  in  Edinburgh  Cast'e,  to  which  fortress  his  family,  with 
others,  had  repaired  for  refuge  during  the  troubles  of  tho  rebellion. 

Peace  with  France  being  fully  restored  by  the  treaty  of  Aix  la 
Chapelle,  in  1748,  tho  Uritish  government  began  to  devise  ways 
and  means  of  providing  for  the  largo  number  of  soldiers  and  sailors 
discharged  from  the  service ;  and  of  all  the  plans  propobed,  none 
seemed  more  promising  than  a  systematic  colonization  of  the  pro- 
vince of  Nov£t  Scotia,  till  then,  though  nominally  a  British  province, 
inhabited  only  by  neutral  French  and  Indians.  The  government 
made  liberal  provision  for  all  who  would  decide  to  settle  in  tho  new 
colony,  and  in  1749  under  the  inducements  thus  offered,  Willia  ' 
Allan  with  his  wife  and  little  son  John,  then  but  four  years  of  age, 
bade  adieu  to  his  native  land,  and  in  company  with  more  than  2,000 
other  settlers,  sailed  for  America. 

A  brief  glance  at  the  history  of  Nova  Scotia  may  be  found  inte- 
resting. Although  the  claim  of  England  to  a  large  part  of  North 
America  depends  upon  the  discovery  of  the  country,  in  1497, 
still  the  colonial  history  rests  entirely  on  the  great  charter  of 
James  the  1st,  April  10,  1606,  by  which  sundry  of  his  subjects 
were  authorized  to  establish  colonies  between  the  thirty-fourth  aud 
forty-fifth  degrees  of  north  latitude.  Subsequent  grants  to  the 
companies  of  Virginia  and  New  England  extended  this  title  as  far 
north  as  the  forty-eighth  degree  of  north  latitude,  and  over  this 
broad  belt  of  fourteen  degrees  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific 
ocean. 

Under  this  grint,  colonies  had  been  established  principally  by 
Englishmen  as  far  south  as  Florida,  and  at  the  time  of  which  we 
write  (1750),  the  English  flag  waved  from  that  point,  along  the 
coast  to  Cape  Breton.  The  country  called  Nova  Scotia  was  occu- 
pied by  the  French  in  1603,  and  a  settlement  made  at  Port  Iloyal, 
and  subsequently  at  Mount  Desert.  In  1613,  Capt.  Argal  wae 
sent  to  dislodge  them,  which  he  effected.  In  1621,  the  territory 
was  granted  to  Sir  Wm.  Alexander,  secretary  of  state  for  Scot- 
land, who  gave  it  its  pre^ant  name.  The  name  of  Acadie,  which 
was  given  It  by  the  French  is  the  Indian  word  for  Pollock,  a  fish 
very  abundant  on  that  coast.     During  the  next  eighty  years  this 


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country  had  been  taken  and  retaken  r^llernatcly  by  the  English  and 
French,  but  41^  the  treaty  of  Utrecht  in  1713,  it  w.xb  ceded  by  the 
French  to  Great  Britain. 

The  accession  of  George  I  soo  i  followed  the  treaty  of  Utrecht, 
and  labile  great  progress  hud  been  made  in  all  the  other  English 
colonies  in  America,  nothing  of  any  importance  htxl  been  done  in 
Nova  Scotia  towards  settling  that  country. 

The  govnrnor  resided  at  Annapolis  Koyal,  a  small  settlen^ent 
oliefly  composed  of  noutrul  French  ;  the  facility  of  communioatiou 
with  Now  England  enabling  him  to  maintain  his  position  with  a  few 
companies  of  provincial  troops  usually  supplied  by  the  old  colonies. 

The  necessity  of  a  British  station  and  military  post  on  rhcb 
Atlantic  coast  ot  >ce  Peninsula  had  long  been  felt;  but  latterly  the 
continued  breaches  of  neutrality  on  the  part  of  thu  1^'rench  popula- 
tion, together  with  ,'he  loss  of  Louisbourg  under  the  treaty  of  Aix 
la  Chapelle  in  October,  1748,  rendered  such  an  establishment 
indispensably  necessary  to  support  the  dominion  of  the  British 
crown  in  the  province. 

A  plan  wac  accordingly  submitted  to  government  in  the  autumn 
of  1748,  and  being  warmly  supported  by  Lord  Halifax,  advertise 
menta  appeared  in  the  London  Gazette,  in  March,  1749,  under  the 
sanction  of  his  Majesty's  authority,  "  holding  out  proper  encourage- 
ment to  officers  and  private  men  lately  discharged  irom  the  army 
and  navy  to  settle  in  Nova  Scotia.  Among  other  inducements,  was 
the  offer  to  convey  the  settlers  to  their  destination,  maintain  them 
for  twelve  months  at  the  public  expense,  and  tc  supply  them  with 
arms  and  ammunition  for  defense,  and  with  materials  and  articles 
proper  for  Charing  the  land,  erecting  dwellings  and  prosecuting 
the  fishing,  and  also  amp  e  grants  of  land.  The  encouragements 
appeared  so  inviting,  that  in  a  short  time  1,170  settlers  with  their 
families,  in  all  2,376  persons,  were  found  to  volunteer,  and  the  sum 
of  £40,000  beinjj-  appropriated  by  parliament  for  the  service,  the 
expedition  was  plr.ced  under  the  command  of  Colonel,  tie  Honora- 
ble Edward  Cornwallis,  M.  P.,  as  captain  general  and  governor  of. 
Nova  Scotia,  and  set  sail  for  Chebucto  Bay,  ths  place  of  destination 
early  in  May,  1749.'* — Akin's  History/  0/  Halifax,  p.  5. 

The  fleet  consisted  of  thirteen  transports  and  a  sloop  of  war,  and 
arrived  in  safety  in  the  bay  of  Chebucto  early  in  June,  1749.     Such 


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was  the  care  taken  for  the  comfort  of  this  large  number  of  settlers, 
that  but  one  death  occurred  on  the  passa«,^.  , 

During  the  winter  months  the  people  were  kept  actively  em- 
ployed in  cutting  pickets  for  fences,  and  wood  for  fuel,  and  in 
erecting  now  dwellings.  Mills  were  established,  stores  'jpened, 
supplies  of  cattle  and  horses  obtainer"  from  the  Acadian  French, 
and  when  the  >\mng  opened,  grain  of  various  sorts  was  sown.  Depu- 
tations from  the  Acadian  French,  and  also  from  the  various  Indian 
tribes  were  received,  and  arrangements  perfected  for  the  better 
man^gement  of  public  matters.  About  this  time  a  fearful  epidemic 
visited  the  colony,  and  nearly  one  thousand  persons  fell  victims 
during  the  autumn  ind  following  winter. 

^n  August,  1750,  about  350  new  settlers  arrived  in  the  ship 
Alderney.  Most  of  these  were  sent  across  the  river  and  commenced 
the  town  of  Dartmouth.  The  next  year  the  Indians  who  in  conse- 
quence of  the  intrigues  of  French  emissaries  had  become  troublesome,  , 
attacked  the  little  village  at  night,  killed  and  scalped  a  number  of 
the  settlers,  among  whom  was  John  Pyke,  father  of  the  late  John 
George  Pyke,  Esq.  (who  afterwards  married  Col.  Allan's  sister 
Elizabeth).  The  night  was  calm,  and  the  cries  of  the  settlers  and 
whoops  of  the  Indians  were  distinctly  heard  at  Halifax. 

It  is  presumed  that  when  William  Allan  emigrated,  he  was  still 
an  officer  in  the  British  army  and  was  on  half  pay.  He  did  not 
remain  more  than  three  years  at  Hali.ax  j  for  we  find  him  in  the 
latter  part  of  1752,  at  Fort  Lawrence,  on  that  narrow  neck  which 
connects  Nova  Scotia  with  that  part  of  it  now  known  as  New  Bruns- 
wick. What  his  position  was,  cannot  now  be  inferred;  possibly  he 
may  have  been  its  commander,  but  more  probably  he  was  a  subordi- 
nate officer.  It  IS  certain  he  remained  there  till  1759.  It  was 
from  near  this  place  that  the  Acadians  were  taken  in  1755,  by  the 
New  England  forces  under  Gen.  John  Winslow,  their  villages 
destroyed,  and  the  inhabitants  removed  and  distributed  among  the 
colonies.  Only  a  small  part  of  them  escaped  to  the  woods,  and 
these  with  those  that  managed  to  return,  are  represented  by  their 
descendants  who  retain  the  name  of  Acadians,  with  the  language 
and  many  of  the  characteristics  of  their  ancestors.  The  fall  of 
Quebec,  and  consequently  the  surrender  of  all  the  French  possessions 
on  this  continent,  soon  caused  a  great  change  in  the  v.ffuirs  of  Nova 


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Scotia.  The  British  gave  liberal  grants  of  that  part  of  the  province 
from  which  the  Acadians  had  been  removed,  and  the  officers  of  the 
army  secured  a  large  share  of  that  fertile  soil.  A  county  was 
formed  and  probably  named  Cumberland, ^  from  the  fort  before 
mentioned.  It  may  be  stated  that  this  was  the  same  which  Col. 
Eddy  attempted  to  capture  in  1776.     See  Eddy's  letter,  page  67. 

It  may  be  supposed  that  Wm.  Allan  served  as  an  officer  through 
the  French  war  from  1754  to  1763,  and  then  receiving  a  large 
grant  of  fertile  alluvial  land,  which  the  poor  Acadians  had  with 
much  labor  banked  in,  to  protect  it  from  any  inroads  of  the  bay, 
and  commenced  life  as  a  farmer.  In  a  few  years  he  was  known  to 
be  wealthy  and  prosperous;  his  large  farm  was  cultivated  mainly  by 
the  labor  of  the  French  Acadians,  who  became  for  a  time  servants 
to  the  conquerors  of  their  own  territory.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
colonial  legislature,  and  occupied  some  other  positions  of  trust  and 
honor. 

His  children,  nine  in  number,  received  educational  advantages, 
and  eventually  )ecame  connected  with  the  best  families  in  the  pro- 
vince. In  religion,  he  was  probably  an  Episcopalian,  and  was 
undoubtedly  a  man  of  intelligence  and  of  energy.  His  wife  died 
in  1767;  he  married  a  second  time,  and  died  some  years  subsequent 
to  the  close  of  the  revolution. 

Of  the  boyhood  of  his  son  John,  the  subject  of  this  memoir  but 
little  can  be  gleaned,  but  we  may  suppose  he  early  displayed  indi- 
cations of  that  vigor  and  self-reliance  which  was  so  characteristic 
of  him  in  his  manhood.  It  is  certain  that  he  received  for  that 
period  and  locality  a  very  respectable  education,  of  which  his  long 
and  able  letters  give  us  such  proofs,  and  from  some  of  his  papers 
we  know  he  was  well  read  in  the  books  common  at  that  period, 
particularly  in  English  history.     He  was  acquainted  with  the  French 


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1  Cuml)orlaii(l  coiiuly  in  unquestionably  tlie  most  productive  part  of  Nova  Scotia,  and 
rot  inferior  to  any  portion  of  America,  of  the  same  extent.  Here  stood  tlio  two  rival 
forls  of  Beau  Sejour  (Fort  C'limberlund)  and  Lawrence,  separated  from  each  otlier  by  the 
llltle  Htream  of  Missii^'iiash.  Krom  tlu'  bastion  of  Beuii  Sejour  Fort,  tliero  is  a  splendid 
view  ombracinf,'  the  great  Tantiiuar  and  Missiguash  meadows,  Barons  fields,  Westmore- 
land and  the  country  at  the  foot  of  the  Shepody  mountains  ;  vast  stacks  of  hay  cover 
these  alluvial  lands,  as  far  as  the  eye  can  reach,  and  the  substantial  farm  houses  and  uu- 
merouH  herds,  bespeak  the  wculili  and  independence  of  the  yeomanry.— J/arW/iV  History 
qf  Kova  Scotia,  p.  32.    London,  1S38. 


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M^HoiH  or  Col.  Jon.  a...^. 


language,  which  he  nroh.Kl    , 

»s  ,,ee„.  ,„pp„,,,  ^^J2  «I"™  ™™=  <>«  papers.' 
'"ly  lift,  resided  iu  M„„,„h„;' ,      ^"'"''  «  '"oie  period  of  hi, 
-.  P^bahie.     Maa.r: ttd'r'''™  "'  =""«-  -  ^'^^ 

'"e  oare  of  some  ge„Ho,„    „,  „    l™'".''-^  '"■«'/  'o  piaoe  hi,.  „„  j„ 
'key  wore  „i.,,  Oen.  Wi„,l„!t!  ""1""""»-«  '-e  had  made  while 
Tie  foli„„i„  J  a„p„,  T  '  "'""•"'""'  «  Cumberland 

^-ed  Cumberla^dX :;;  mr  Tf  "  '«""  "'i"-  ^^  i™ 

/■^'-l  Ju.,.  returned  ho™:    f";„    '  '"»  "»  ««-.,  hut  itiel' 

'■""■earions  in  i,  ^ieh  show  ,2'  ?  '*'""""•  ""•'    "-ere  are 

7»'o"  Politiea,  matter.,  L  !    J™  "°"  f""-' -  estrange! 

""'  "°  °'*ut  J-onng  man  should  h?  ""'  ""'■     ««  "tn^al 

"Sh's  in    Massachusetts  at  thi  '!,  """"'  '  '"'''"'  ™  PoUtica 

^■'  f-'"e  life.  ,t,  ™:'„ ':  /e:r','""'  -"^ "™  M»en : 

1°"  «»-,  thongh  at  the  e.  oLe   7'  '  '"°""'  '^'^^  =le™tio„ 

^«'-    I'  Will  he  noted  that  in  Zll  "  """  °™  •>"'""=  "■=  "eld 

>■■  ;»".he,    ,,„^  ^„,  occurred    L^Tli^  7"''  "'  "■»  "-*  of 

J*o  doubt  j-on  |,„^  ^  """'g  '■'»  ahsence.     He  sajs  : 

'■appeued  in  my  Rthcrs  ZuyZ;    T    """'  ""'"'  "'"^' ^''''^ 

^y  mother      \h\       ,    .         ^    -^  *""  I^oss  of  so  ti'n,]  n  t 
submit  to,  yet  it  ,nJ  "'''   ^'^^ne   Will   which  r       T 

tJ^e  Satisfaction  of  meeting  J Z]         \  '  ^""^  ^  ^''^  ^^^^n 

P^,  but  we  have  neve.  s.^Z  ^'^     '':  '''  ^'  P-ont,  I„     ^ 
^-  «t  present  ove.iookL  his  ^     "' ''  ""^  ^"^^  P^-edings 
;;-'^-.^  to  ,ou  in  such  a  ruan^ne    ,  I    ""n'  ^''''  '^^^^   -^f 
-'-*  we  have  spoken  upon  so  oft^  "     ""'^-     ''y  "^'ention  of 

vented  of  p,,ceedi„g  i/i,  ,^    "'!"^  ^^  ■^*'"  ^he  same,  but  I  am  pre 
^bout  this  time  h:  made  "'''  '''  '"^^'^  '^^"'^d."  ^  '" 

^;  -n  afterwards  m.ni^'Tin^uT:'''''''''^^-^  ^^hom 
«he  ea„e  i„to  his  father's  store  to  if  '''  "^""  ^"'^  ---on 

;  'Jfe-n  of  cotton  thread  wound        t  T  '"'''^^  ^"-'-e  with 

^"'^----ito,wrr:i;-^^^^^^^ 

'  ^"^  ^  nierrj  struggle 


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11. 


rhood  from 
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followed.     From  this  time  they  became  intimate,  and  were  married 
Oct.  10th,  1767. 

It  is  supposed  that  after  his  marriage,  his  father  gave  him  a  part 
of  his. large  domain,  and  he  commenced  life  in  agricultural  and 
mercantile  pursuits.  His  farm  known  as  "  Invermary,"  was  one 
of  the  best  in  the  two  counties  of  Cumberland  and  Westmoreland, 
and  included  348  acres  of  land.  Its  location  was  seven  miles  from 
Fort  Cumberland  on  the  road  to  Bay  Verte.  Upon  it,  besides  his 
own  dwellings,  were  six  or  seven  common  country  houses  occupied 
by  French  Acadian  families  as  tenants,  two  large  barns  and  four 
smaller  ones.  Col.  Allan  also  held  several  public  positions,  among 
which  were  the  offices  of  justice  of  the  peace,  clerk  of  the  sessions, 
clerk  of  the  supreme  court,  &c.  In  the  spring  of  1770,  he  was 
elected  a  representative  to  the  provincial  assembly,  which  position  he 
held  till  his  seat  was  declared  vacant  for  nonattendance  June  28, 1776. 

The  following  extrac*  from  a  letter  written  April  5th,  1775,  is 
signed  "  I.  Winslow."  It  was  no  doubt  from  Doctor  Isaac  Winslow, 
who  it  seems  had  visited  Mr.  Allan,  but  it  certainly  shows  that 
Allan  had  once  been  a  resident  in  Massachusetts,  and  they  had 
been  acquainted  there.  Doctor  Winslow  graduated  at  Harvard 
College,  in  1762,  and  settled  in  his  native  town,  Marshfield,  as  a 
physician,  he  enjoyed  a  high  reputation  in  his  profession,  particu- 
larly in  his  treatment  of  the  small-pox.  He  died  in  1819,  aged  81. 
Like  most  of  his  family  he  was  a  loyalist,  but  resided  on  his  estate 
through  the  war  without  molestation.  The  letter  indicates  his 
attachment  to  the  royal  cause,  and  however  friendly  they  may  have 
been,  Allan  could  not  have  sympathized  with  him  in  his  political 
sentiments. 

"  You  enjoy  in  your  present  retired  situation,  many  satisfactions 
which  I  do  assure  you,  are  far  from  general  in  this  Country,  which 
is  now  totally  the  reverse  from  ,  '.at  Pleasant  &  happy  part  of  the 
world  which  you  once  knew  it,  in  the  dai/s  of  your  youth.  Instead 
of  which,  Discord  &  Contention  seem  to  have  joined  their  Banners 
far  &  wide,  &  I  am  at  times  ready  to  fear  that  Desolation  is  at 
their  heels,  &  just  upon  the  eve  of  taking  place  among  us.  God 
only  knows  what  events  may  befall  this  Land  within  the  Course  of 
tho  ensuing  Summer,  but  very  great  ones  we  have  Sufficient  reason 
to  apprehend." 


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■ 


«»  such,  „  ,„  ,e.,  i/  .„  ;;    "^  "■."  *»g".  of  bi«  „„„vio.i„„, 

'e-ly,  regardle,,  of  con^equlr    I  '  "°"°"'°"  °''"''  """  f'"- 
was  not  to  be  permitted  thus  to  '  •      ™°  '"°™"'  °"''''°'  ""»'  ""e 

;pi"-.  for  tL  p  Jajai  „:re:t'r""v°  -"-"-^-^ 

for  h«  apprebe„,io„,  on  a  cha,lZ7T  *°°  ''°°°'"''  """■""^ 
teing  now  in  dang  r.  l,e  t,T  "/  T"  '°  '"^  '"°«-  ""  "f" 
United  State,;  bul  p  , '  ouT  tol  .  """  *"  P'°"»oe  for  the 
cursion,  among  the  India    "the       T"""  ■"  "'^''''  «"""  «" 

--ed  for  the  revolted      o    e^^  b;:"""'''  ""  ''  '''  '"«"--' 
of  the  Mie.Mae  tribe.  cooperation  of  a  large  number 

These  Indians,  allied  (n  tl.  u 

-;;  -in  .he  fI;:  :!;!r;;V:r  ^iT--' 

'te  1«Kh,b  as  intruders  in  their  oonnY     ,   .    '         '"""S  upon 
"i*  n,neh  aifeetion,  and  for  tw  °      ^'  ''"'  "''"  ™«"<lo<i  'hem 

'0- against  tbem.'    Hen!  ^/irrst"  ^^  '-*'^ '"^-^ 
assislanee  and  cooperation      A  f  «""  "'""  ««<"'  of 

still  in  existence,  give' „„  d'T'"  °'' ''"•""''  "'  '*•  Allan, 
E»«l»<..  He  immedl  t  /b  :nr  °°°°""'.°'  "''  ''^^'■'  '»  »™ 
.-eling  mostl,  b,  oigbt.^britSn"','"  ^  ^°""^' 
took  h,s  final  departure  from  Oumb   7  1  ™  ''°'"''-     "« 

I"e.  with  a  few  compani  ns  i!aT  "  /"  ""^  '"^  °'  ^"^ust, 
Pa«ge  along  the  ba,  of  Zj^  'T  """"'  '""  *■•  '  »'»™y 
"'I..  On  the  18th,  the/en  fed  ri  "'  f"""^™^^^  »"  'l-o 
schooner,  which  proled  to  b  ;;„1m ''r  ''  "'"^  "^^ '"  ^ 
'™nt,.eigbtu,e„  on  board,  desi^L"  "'""  *'°'  ^""^  »»" 
Kuowingthe  insnfficiencyof  tbisl  ,  '"'''  ""  ''°"  C^berland. 
»  if  captured,  Mr.  Allan  ende!      T      ""'"'"''  "■"  f"'  <"  «o  hold 

■■is  ™h  design,  bnt  w,bo„t4:t,;'*r  <'°'- ^^-'^'"''"'•on 
■nd  Mr.  Allan  proceeded  un  >Z  """"^  """  °°  if^  "«J, 

With  Col.  ShaJand  Is  rs  PrXr '° 'T""'-  "-' "e  converse'd 
ofBdd,,  and  finding  the  sen  ime'tr  "  '  °"  "■" -'cments 
i»8  'he  cpeditionl  f:  TuXl  7r'°*°"''''^"'^'"''-^- 

unioerland,  he  wrote  an  earnest  letter 


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to  Col.  Eddy,  again  urging  him  to  desist,  which  letter  he  seat  by  a 
special  messenger,  Mr.  Longfellow,  who  returned  in  two  days  saying 
Eddy  was  .still  determined  to  proceed.     Mr.  Allan  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  the  month,  Oct.,  1776,  in  Machias  and  Goldsborough, 
and  then  sailing  westward,  arrived  in  Piscataqua  river  on  the  3d  of 
November.     Thence  by  stage  to  Boston,  where  he  arrived  on  the 
7th.     Here  he  saw  maay  prominent  men  in  relation  to  the  business, 
including  Messrs.  Adams,  Austin  and  the  members  of  the  council, 
but  little  promise  of  aid  in  furnishing  the  Indians  with  supplies 
could  be  given,  owirg  to  the  great  need  and  scarcity  at  home,  and  he 
therefore  determined  to  visit  Congress  and  lay  the  matter  before  them. 
On  the  29th  of  November,  he  started  from  Boston  on  horseback, 
for  Philadelphia,    passing   through    the   states  of  Massachusetts, 
Rhode  Island,  Connecticut,  New   York  and  Pennsylvania.     His 
journal  of  this  trip  is  very  interesting,  and  gives  many  incidents  as 
they  occurred.     At  Providence  he  called  on  Governor  Cook,  and  at 
Norwich  met  Governor  Trumbull  of  Connecticut,  who  gave  him  a 
pass  through  the  country.     He  arrived  at  Hartford,  Dec.  6th,  and 
thence  went  to  Fishkill,  where  he  crossed  the  Hudson  river,  avoid  ng 
New  York  City,  then  in  possession  of  the  British.     After  a  variei;' 
of   adventures    and   hardships,    owing  to   the   roughness   of    the 
country,  he  fell  in  with  Gen.  Gates,  whrtm  he  accompanied  to  the 
head-quarters  of  Gen.  Washington,  to  whom  he  was  presented  and 
with  whom  he  dined  on  Sunday,  Dec.  22d.     On  the  25th,  he  left 
for  Philadelphia,  and  the  next  day   heard   that   Washington  had 
crossed  the  Delaware  with  2,500  men.     The  weather  being  bitter 
cold,  he  had  a  difficult  journey  to  Baltimore,  where  he  finally  arrived 
on  the  30th.     He  was  received  by  congress  on  the  4th  of  January, 
and  gave  them  a  full  statement  of  matters  iu  the  provinces.     He 
was  soon  aft«r  appointed  Superintendent  of  the  Eastern  Indians 
and  Colonel  of  Infantry,  and  having  received  his  instructions  from 
Hon.  John  Hancock,  he  left   Baltimore  on  the   17th,  for  Boston. 
He  arrived  at  the  latter  place  on  the  3d  of  February,  having  re- 
ceived intelligence  on  the  way,  of  Col.  Eddy's  disastrous  repulse  at 
Fort  Cumberland. 

The  attack  "on  Fort  Cumberland  caused  great  excitement  in  Nova 
Scotia,  and  the  government  was  greatly  exasperated.  The  follow- 
ing is  extracted  from  the  recorde ; 


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MeMO.tr   of   Cnr      T 

^01-.  John  Allan. 


"At  a  Council  holclen  af  rr  iv 

On  certain  infoli;  ,  ' 

eir  power  exciting  &  stirrin!    p  J"  '^7^  ^-°  *«  the  utmost  of 

«    Cun^berJand  with  a  considc^it        "'  '"''''''''  ^^^^-e  the  for 

^"^''and,  together  with  sore   v      ,        """^"  ^'  ^^^^"'^  ^-^  ^ew 

r-'^olved  to  offer  £200    ,  '         ''"' *  ^'^^^^"•^-     It  was  tC  7 

£inn  ^  '  I^^^'ard  for  annv^i      ,■  ■^'' "'•^s  therefore 

Be™,8|,   Ji„j^  «   '°g  the  ,a,d  rebellion." 

■)»>."  Allan  „„  c„„ee.,  L  „„„,/': '™'«»"''  I  'ave  Ward  .b  „" 
<"«  a-^i™  o«  i„  J  775       .    °°""  '■■"  have  been  n,„ch  „v„. , 

'■';■»  ^'cw  E„,,„.,,,  '  -^  "-e  setters  .bo  „ere  e.,>rant 

i-t^e  conduct  of  the  soldf 

"-"'"t  bj.  the  iiro     a  \r       '  '■''■"''  ''»<i   been    b,l,    /  ''^^ 

;■■« -'«™.;a,::t:;:^-'^'-■«-,.:;:ot  :t::::- 

P-'»n,  wbo  .00.  ber  bon,  ™^  7'"«°"  b,  ber  fafte:      a^ 

""»  soon  surrounJed  bv  I!  •.    ,  ''"  "omforloble      Hi.  , 

^t---e„.oro/.,^;::;':*.wbo,e„,a„«riL^^^^ 


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I 


her  three  little  boys  at  their  grandfather's.  She  was  taken  before 
the  governor  who  commanded  her  to  tell  where  her  husband  was, 
or  be  imprisoned.  She  remained  firm,  and  gave  them  no  informa- 
tion for  some  weeks.  She  then  told  her  persecutors  that  "  her 
husband  had  escaped  to  a  free  country." 

Mrs.  Allan  remained  in  prison  at  Halifax,  six  or  eight  months, 
separated  from  husband  and  children.  She  was  small  in  stature, 
delicate  in  constitution,  and  not  well  suited  to  this  kind  of  treat- 
ment. She  was  often  insulted,  and  suffered  much  from  the  insolence 
and  brutality  of  her  overseers.  At  the  sacking  of  her  house  many 
valuable  articles  were  burned  and  destroyed ;  others  were  carried  off 
by  the  soldiery.  Among  the  latter  were  several  silk  dresses,  which 
were  given  to  the  soldiers'  wives  who  by  wearing  them  in  her  pre- 
sence, strove  to  annoy  and  wound  her  feelings  in  every  possible  way. 

After  Col.  Allan's  return  from  his  visit  to  Congress,  and  his 
interview  with  Washington,  he  remained  in  Boston  about  three 
months,  urging  upon  the  members  of  the  council  the  necessity  of 
protection  to  the  eastern  part  of  Maine,  as  well  as  the  great  ad- 
vantage to  the  country  of  the  taking  possession  of  the  western  part 
of  Nova  Scotia,  and  advocating  the  sending  of  an  armed  force  for 
that  purpose,  which  they  consented  to  do.  But  above  all  he  repre- 
sented the  condition  of  the  Indians  there,  and  the  absolute  need  of 
conciliating  and  assisting  them  by  establishing  truck-houses  to 
furnish  them  with  the  articles  they  so  much  needed. 

After  his  return  from  the  expedition  to  the  St.  Johns  of  which 
his  journal  and  letters  give  a  full  account,  he  assumed  the  duties 
of  Superintendent  of  the  Indian  tribes.  As  they  had  assisted  and 
shown  much  bravery  in  the  defense  of  Macbias,  many  of  them 
were  enlisted  and  did  duty  as  soldiers  for  a  month  or  two,  till  the 
danger  of  another  attack  had  passed,  when  most  of  thera  were  fitted 
out  with  supplies  for  a  winter  hunt  upon  the  Schoodic  lakes  and  in 
that  vicinity,  and  returned  in  the  spring  to  repay  with  their  furs 
and  skins  the  advances  made  to  them.  This  was  tho  course  of 
matters  for  several  years.  Thus  keeping  them  within  his  control, 
and  where  runners  could  in  a  few  days  reach  theni  should  he  want 
their  assistance;  but  in  the  spring  and  summer  they  came  near  the 
salt  water  where  they  could  furnish  themselves  with  fish,  and  for 
the  last  two  years  of  the  war,  he  seems  to  have  kept  them  much  of 


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the  toe  o«  Pa^amac,„oddy  Uy,  where  he  «.„  ,hej  ooulj  a„d 
food  more  plealy,  and  also  bold  that  place  aa  our  oulp  J.  He  ke„t 
a  r„„tho„aeordep„tof  .uppliea  at  Machia,,  whioh  he  received 
from  the  government  at  Boston,  and  the  Indiana  alwaja  ezpeeted 
to  be  furnished  at  stated  periods.  He  kept  a  regular  set  of  booka 
and  an  account  with  the  head  of  each  Indian  famify.  These  are  s,  i 
extant  ■„  the  archives  of  Massaehnse.ts.    But  from  the  poverty 

s  172'°""    M'"''''*™''^°"""«'-'"80ods  coastwise, 'the 
supply  was  generally  scanty  and  often  times  were  very  long  delayed 

TJ  '^f  ""^^«'P'"-^  ""^  held  the  Penobscot  and  the  country 
chuse."s       ""  '°''°"""'  '°  '•""''  ''■""''""'  f"""  M«~ 

was  plenty,  the  Indians  were  quiet  and  easily  controlled  :  but  in 
tunes  of  scarcity,  were  impatient  and  often  insolent  and  threatening 
to  ake  vengeance  on  whoever  came  in  their  way,  and  a.  Col.  All! 
had  0  promise  them   that  aid  would  soon  arrive,  and  when  th 
found  It  did  not  come,  he  alone  had  to  bear  the  bl  me,  and  his  ife 
w^  of  en    in    danger.     Hardly  any  situation  could     e  mor 
pleasant  than  trying  to  appease  a  set  of  half  starved  Indians  and 
keep  them  loy.,1  to  our  side,  while  the  British  emissar      „cre 
sending  messengers.  -.„d  offering  them  everything  they  w    he"    , 
ftey  would  come  to  them  and  join  their  cause     Du  ing  tlXpeld 

IS  letters  to  the  government  are  very  numerous  and  earnest     In 
the  absence  of    the  Indians   on    their   long  winter   hun  s    thev 

for  their  f.  thful  return.     In  the  fall  of  17S0,  the  British  Injfan 
agent,  as  wi  1  be  seen  in  another  part  of  this  volume,  „.,de  „  .    a" 
efforts  to  induce  them  ,„  leave  our  cause  and  join  the  enemr    Fo 
a  long  period  no  supplies  had  readied  Machias  and  a  famine  almost 
Fevai  ed^   As  a  last  resort,  Col.  Allan  announced  his  intent  ^o 
going  to  Boston  to  obtain  the  so  much  needed  aid,  but  the  I  d Ins 
believed   that  he  would  never  return,  and  they  should  be  left 
t  c  .„  er  mercies  „f  their  enemies,  demai.dcj  some  se™    ^  f 
the  fu  ailment  of  his  promises.     It  was  f  nally  arranged  thai  he 
should    eave  his  two  oldest  sons,  William  and  Mark,  i^n    b     1 
of  the  Indians  as  hostages;  and  they  remained  with  thetl  1!: 


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two  years,  living  on  fish,  parched  corn  and  seala'  meat.  William 
was  thirteen  ycara  old  and  Mark  eleven  at  this  time.  They  suflFered 
many  hardships  and  were  in  a  wretched  condition  when  finally 
restored  to  their  home  — ragged,  dirty  and  dovered  with  vermin, — 
as  the  Indians  were  then  living  nearly  in  a  savage  state. 

It  would  be  diflScult  to  furnish  a  more  tryingcase  than  this,  or  one 
that  showed  a  stronger,  devotion  to  the  cause,  and  of  fidelity  to  his 
adopted  country.  The  boys  were  great  favorites  with  the  Indians; 
they  learned  their  language  and  always  had  an  attachment  to  them, 
and  in  after  life  aided  them  in  various  ways.  The  writer  has  often 
heard  the  old  Indians  speak  of  their  living  with  the  tribe,  and 
particularly  about  John,  who  always  r-^sided  not  far  from  their 
homes. 

He  often  spoke  of  the  circumstance,  and  when  he  was  more 
than  eighty  years  old  communicated  many  facts  in  relation  to  it. 
He  died  at  Whiting,  Washington  county,  Maine,  in  1863. 
Amonf^  the  family  papers  is  a  letter  to  the  boys  from  their  father, 
containing  kind  advice,  such  as  only  a  good  father  would  impart  to 
his  children.     The  following  is  an  extract : 

It  is  dated  Fort  Gates,  Machias,  May  21, 1782.  Col.  Allan,  after 
some  directions  about  supplies,  gives  them  some  advice  as  follows : 

"  Be  very  kind  to  the  Indians  &  take  particular  notice  of  Nicholas, 
Francis  Joseph  and  Old  Coucouguash.  I  send  you  your  books, 
papers,  pens  &  ink,  wafers,  ct  some  other  little  things  j  shall  send 
more  in  two  or  three  days.  Let  me  entreat  you  my  dear  children 
to  be  careful  of  your  company  &  manners,  be  moral,  sober  and 
discreet.  *  *  *  puly  observe  your  Duty  to  the 
Almighty,  morning  &  night.  Mind  strictly  the  Sabbath  Day,  not  to 
have  either  work  or  play  except  necessity  compels  you.  I  pray 
God  to  bless  you  my  dear  boys." 

The  British  were  very  bitter  against  Col.  Allan,  and  for  years  a 
price  was  set  upon  his  head,  and  the  soldiers  sought  every  oppor- 
tunity to  take  him  dead  or  alive.  They  also  incited  the  Indians  to 
take  his  life  repeatedly,  and  tried  to  bribe  them  to  do  so.  An 
attack  was  made  upon  him  at  Machias,  in  a  house  now  occupied  by 
Obadiah  Hill.  Col.  Allan  was  sitting  in  a  room  with  his  sons, 
William  and  John,  when  an  Indian  came  in ;  he  did  not  my  much, 
but  they  noticed  him  go  behind  the  door.  Being  on  intimate  terms 
'  3 


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with  Col.  Allan,  little  attention  was  paid  to  the  circumstance.  Soon 
a  powerful  Indian  from  the  eastward,  towards  Halifax,  strode  into 
the  room,  and  advancing  directly  to  Col.  Allan  as  he  sat  in  his 
chair,  brandished  a  huge  knife  over  his  head,  and  glared  at  him 
with  ferocity.  Col.  Allan  heipi  his  seat,  and  looked  him  steadily 
in  the  eye.  Just  as  the  savage  was  about  to  strike,  the  friendly 
Indian  sprang  from  behind  the  door,  and  felled  the  assassin  to  the 
floor  in  an  instant.  He  was  disarmed,  and  Col.  Allan  sent  him  off 
I-cme  in  a  birch  canoe. 

Hj  was  once  traveling  on  skates  among  the  Schoodic  lakes  when 
he  was  set  upon  by  a  party  of  Indians  in  the  service  of  the  British, 
also  mounted  on  skates.  They  gave  chase  and  closely  pressed  him 
for  a  mile  or  two,  when  coming  to  an  open  place  or  channel  of 
water,  he  gave  a  tremendous  j-mp  and  landed  safely  on  the  other 
side.  The  Indian's  ■'.ppalled  at  his  daring  feat,  stopped  at  the  brink 
of  the  water,  and  none  of  them  daring  to  follow,  Col.  Allan  was 
soon  safe  and  entirely  beyond  their  reach. 

His  enemies  attempted  frequently  to  entrap  him.  At  one  time 
some  friendly  Indians  heard  of  a  plan  the  British  had  formed  to 
take  him  when  he  was  suffering  with  the  gout.  They  wrapped 
him  in  blankets,  carried  him  off  to  the  woods  and  thus  Iftiffled  the 
English.  At  another  time  the  captain  of  an  English  merchant 
vessel  sent  a  polite  note  to  Col.  Allan  inviting  him  to  dinner.  Col 
Allan  was  pleased  with  the  courtesy,  and  was  about  to  go,  when 
Capt.  Dyer,'  who  feared  treachery,  begged  Col.  Allan  to  remain 
and  let  him  go  instead.  Col.  Allan  refused,  but  finally  yielded, 
and  the  captain  went  in  his  stead.  He  proceeded  to  the  English 
ship,  and  \fas  no  sooner  on   deck  than  the  perfidious  captain  cried 

in  exultation,  "  Now,  thank  God,  I've  got  you,  you  d d  rebel!" 

"  No,  you  haven't  got  him,  said  the  brave  Dyer,  you've  only  got 
me."  Capt.  Dyer  was  taken  to  Halifax  where  we  died,  some  time 
afterwards  a  prisoner  of  war. 

Col.  Allan  had  a  sixteen  oar  barge,  on  which  was  mounted  a  small 
swivel  gun.  On  one  occasion  he  was  sailing  on  Passamaquoddy  bay 
with  his  sons  William,  Mark  and  John,  and  seeing  an  English  raft  of 
lumber,  bore  down  upon  it  and  fired  a  shot.     The  men  in  charge. 


ICapt.  Allan  refers  to  this  in  one  of  his  letters  in  this  volume. 


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about  twenty  in  number,  took  fright  and  fled  to  their  boats.  Col. 
'  Allan  broki)  up  the  raft  and  set  the  fragments  adrift.  No  one 
was  with  him  except  his  three  sons.  This  was  done  almost 
under  the  guns  of  an  English  ship  of  war,  from  which  three  barges, 
well  manned,  were  immediately  sent  in  pursuit.  An  exciting 
chase  ensued.  Col.  Allan's  barge  behaved  nobly,  and  kept  well 
ahead,  llapidly  rounding  a  point  of  land  he  drew  a  plug  from  the 
bottom  of  the  boat,  which  caused  her  to  fill  with  water  and  she 
soon  sank.  Jumping  into  the  water,  Col.  Allan  with  his  boys 
swam  to  the  shore,  and  secreted  themselves  in  the  woods.  The 
English  boats  (iame  sweeping  round  the  point  confident  of  catchiiis; 
him  in  the  little  bay,  but  to  their  consternation,  nothing  could  be 
seen  of  either  man  or  boat.  They  returned  to  their  ship  fully 
pursuaded  that  Col.  Allan  was  in  league  with  the  devil.  The  boat 
was  soon  after  raised  and  did  good  service  in  many  a  subsequent 
crmae.—  lichUion  of  Mr.  John  Allan  at  tht  age  of  eighty-two. 


At  the  close  of  the  war  Col.  Allan  returned  to  Boston,  and  resigned 
the  position  he  had  filled  so  long  and  with  such  fidelity,  to  the  cause 
he  had  espoused,  and  honorably  closed  his  accounts  with  govern- 
ment as  the  following  certificate  shows  : 


Boston,  Sept.  24, 1783. 
To  the  Honorable  Senate  and  Hon.  House  of  Representatives : 

The  Committee  appointed  by  the  Honorable  Court  by  their 
resolve  of  3d  July,  1783,  to  settle  the  Accounts  of  Col.  John  Allan, 
Supt.  of  Indian  affairs  in  the  Eastern  Department  &  Commander  of 
the  Post  at  Machias,  have  attended  that  Service.  They  have  care- 
fully collected  and  examined  all  the  charges  against  him  in  Cash 
and  Supplys  received  from  the  Late  Board  of  War  &  the  Commis- 
sary General,  c*t  they  have  also  particularly  examined  all  his  accounts 
&  returns  for  the  expenditure  of  the  same  with  his  Vouchers  to 
support  said  Charges,  &  we  find  he  has  been  particularly  attentive 
to  the  business  committed  to  his  charge.  Very  regular  &  correct 
in  keeping  his  Books  &  Accounts,  &  after  critically  examining  the 
same  h  every  Voucher,  We  find  his  accounts  right  cast  &  well 


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vouched,  and  that  on  a  final  settlement  which  we  have  made  with 
him,  there  remains  a  balance  due  to  him  of  sixteen  hundred  & 
fourteen  pounds,  nineteen  shillings.  Specie,  for  which  we  have  given 
him  a  Certificate. 

All  of  which  is  submitted, 
(Signed)  Thomas  Walley, 

£1614 : 19 : 0  Peter  Buyer, 

John  Demino, 

Committoe. 


In  1784,  he  removed  to  Maine  and  the  next  year  commenced  a 
mercantile  business  on  Dudley,  afterwards  called  "  Allan's  Island," 
near  Lubec.  In  this  he  does  not  seem  to  have  been  successful, 
for  his  generosity  of  heart  was  such  that  it  prevented  him  from 
taking  proper  measures  to  collect  debts  due  him.  The  result  was, 
that  in  two  years  he  closed  up  the  business  and  retired  to  Lubec 
Mills,  at  which  place  he  resided  until  his  death.  The  island, 
however,  remained  in  possession  of  his  family  for  several  years. 

In  1792,  about  22,000  acres  of  wild  land  were  granted  to  him 
and  his  associates  by  the  government  of  Massachusetts,  now  the 
town  of  Whiting,  but  owing  to  its  location  and  the  soil  being  hard 
and  barren,  it  did  not  prove    "much  value  to  him  or  his  family. 

In  1801,  he  made  a  representation  to  Congress  of  his  great  losses 
consequent  on  his  joining  the  American  cause.  This  amounted  to 
more  than  ten  thousand  dollars.  An  appraisement  was  made  "nd 
testified  to  by  most  of  the  prominent  men  in  Cumberland  ct  Mnty, 
many  of  whom  had  been  his  old  aeighbors.  A^^^r  much  efibrt,  he 
received  a  grant  of  about  two  tliou-aii'  acres  of  land  in  Ohio,  upon 
a  part  of  which  the  city  of  <'<;'ai.ilM  *  now  -tauus.  This  locality 
Mjas  then  apparently  more  distant  than  Oregon  is  now,  and  but  little 
could  be  realized  from  it,  and  it  proved  of  but  small  advantage  to 
him  or  his  family.  He  took  considerable  interest  in  the  incorpora- 
tion of  Eastport,  and  in  surveying  and  locating  the  settlers  on  their 
lots. 

Like  a  large  part  of  the  ofiicers  of  the  revolution,  he  felt  the 
difficulties  and  trials  incident  to  poverty.  The  country  and  people 
were  passing  through  a  state  of  depression  and  exhaustion  of  which 


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wo  can  bardly  conceive,  and  lie  never  lived  to  see  the  prosperity 
which  lii;aUy  resulted  from  the  privations  and  toils  of  the  patriots 
who  achieved  our  liberties. 

It  is  evident  from  his  letters  that  be  took  a  great  interest  in  the 
adoption  of  the  constitution,  and  the  settlcmunt  cf  our  national 
government;  he  was  also  interested  in  the  adjustment  of  our 
boundary  an  fixed  by  the  treaty  with  England,  always  contending 
that  the  Magaguadavio  was  the  true  St.  Croix,  and  r:^  much  dil'- 
satisfied  by  the  strange  decision  of  the  commissioners  which  gave 
the  island  of  Grand  Manan  to  the  British. 

But  the  exposures  and  privations  of  Col.  Allan  seem  to  have  un- 
dermined his  constitution,  and  from  a  private  journal  which  he 
kept,  he  was  ia  the  autumn  of  1804  suflfering  severely  from  asthma. 
It  is  painful  to  follow  his  entries  as  he  almost  daily  records  his 
sleepless  and  suffering  nights,  as  well  as  the  dark  and  dreary  days  of 
winter  and  the  doom  that  was  around  him.  The  last  entry  is 
Sunday,  Dec.  9th.  It  was  evident  he  was  fully  aware  of  his  critical 
situation,  and  that  his  end  was  near.  He  appears  to  have  borne 
his  trials  with  fortitude,  but  continued  gradually  to  r'ecline  till  the 
evening  of  February  7th,  1805,  when  he  expired  at  the  age  of  fifty- 
nine  years. 

He  was  buried  on  the  island  where  he  had  previously  lived,  and 
which  now  bears  his  name. 

■  Here  in  August,  1860,  his  descendants  from  many  distant  homes 
assembled  to  dedicate  an  elegant  ruonument  they  had  caused  to  be 
erected  to  his  memory.  During  that  pleasant  Jay  the  eldest  related 
to  the  young  the  story  of  the  life,  sufferings  and  services  of  their 
ancestor,  which  can  now  never  be  forgotten.  Two  years  later  when 
the  country  he  had  served  so  faithfully  was  in  the  midst  of  a  terrible 
struggle  for  the  preservation  of  those  principles,  and  to  protect  the 
same  territory  he  had  so  successfuUv  defended  eighty  years  before, 
a  battery  was  erected  on  this  island,  and  near  his  grave.  It  was 
indeed  fitting  that  his  last  resting  place  should  be  surrounded  by 
the  emblems  of  national  defense,  and  that  the  flag  of  his  adopted 
country  should  wave  over  his  tomb. 

In  considering  the  character  of  Col.  Allan,  I  do  not  intend  to 
claim  that  he  was  better  than  many  of  his  associates,  or  free  from 
imperfections,  but  to  testify  so  far  as  I  have  found  verified  by  un- 


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questioned  documents,  to  his  ardent  love  and  fidelity  t,o  the  cause 
he  adopted,  a  cause  he  could  not  have  joined  in  its  darkest  days, 
and  at  great  pecuniary'sacrifice,  from  any  other  modves  than  a 
love  of  liberty  and  the  rights  of  man. 

Of  the  value  of  his  services  and  their  results,  it  would  seem  all 
who  carefully  peruse  this  volume  must  conclude  that  they  were 
very  great.  For,  looking  at  the  condition  of  the  territory  east  of 
the  Penobscot,  and  the  sparse  and  feeble  settlements  along  its  sea- 
board, we  can  see  that  had  the  four  tribes  of  Indians  done  what  the 
British  government  earnestly  wished,  and  would  have  aided  them 
to  do,  they  could  have  united  and  destroyed,  or  driven  away  every 
inhabitant  east  of  the  Penobscot.  This  Col.  Allan  foresaw,  and  to 
prevent  it,  made  a  long  journey  to  report  these  facts  to  Congress, 
and  Gen.  Washington.  They  saw  the  danger,  and  that  Col.  Allan 
was  the  man  to  wield  the  necessary  influence  with  the  Indians,  and 
so  control  them,  as  to  make  them  our  friends,  and  often  to  aid  in 
defending  our  people.  Without  this  aid  it  is  most  likely  that 
Machias,  our  eastern  outpost,  must  have  been  abandoned. 

Had  this  place  been  given  up,  it  would  have  been  an  abandonment 
of  the  whole  territory,  and  must  have  disastrously  affected  the 
settlement  of  our  eastern  boundary.  This  Col.  Allan  seems  to  hove 
anticipated,  as  his  papers  show.  It  is  now  generally  conceded  that 
our  present  boundary  was  fixed  mainly  on  the  ground  of  occupation, 
and  had  we  not  been  able  to  hold  it,  we  cannot  say  what  river  in 
Maine  would  now  divide  us  from  a  British  province. 

Judge  Jones,  who  resided  a  long  period  at  JMachias,  and  who  well 
knew  the  history  of  Eastern  Maine,  stated  in  1820,  "  That  it  was  an 
immense  advantage  to  the  inhabitants  eastward  o*"  the  Penobscot 
that  the  great  majority  of  the  Passamaquoddy  &  ot.  John  Indians 
joined  ^vith  us  instead  of  adhering  to  the  enamy,  for  had  they  been 
against  us,  and  been  set  on  by  the  British  to  plunder  our  towns  and 
'settlements,  the  whole  population  must  have  been  destroyed. 
Great  credit  is  due  the  Indians  for  their  rigid  adherence  to  our 
cause,  although  at  times  the  commissary's  department  was  destitute 
of  provisions  and  clothing  for  them."—  Wmiamson's  Uistorj/  of 
3faine, 

Is  it  then  saying  too  much  for  Col.  Allan,  to  assert  that  mainly 
to  his  efforts  ras  this  result  due,  and  should  we  not  at  this  late  day 


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render  this  long  deferred  tribute  to  his  memory,  and  rank  him 
among  the  revolutionary  worthies  who  deserve  the  gratitude  of  our 
country  ? 

According  to  the  testimony  of  those  who  remember  him,  Col. 
Allan  was  a  man  who  won  the  respect  of  almost  all  about  him.  He 
was  ardent,  but  energetic ;  rigid  and  exacting  as  an  officer,  but  hu- 
mane to  all  who  had  done  wrong.  He  was  hospitable  and  generous, 
and  although  very  exact  in  all  business  matters,  particularly  when 
entrusted  with  the  property  of  others,  he  was  too  lenient  with  his 
debtors  to  succeed  in  business  affairs.  Though  not  connected  or 
sympathizing  with  any  particular  church,  he  had  strong  religious 
feeling  as  many  of  his  letters  and  other  writings  show,  and  rather 
looked  to  the  practically  carrying  out  the  principles  of  the  Sermon 
on  the  Mount,  than  to  have  rested  his  faith  on  any  sectarian  theory. 

In  personal  appearance  he  was  rather  tall  and  straight,  inclining 
in  his  last  years  to  be  corpulent,  with  dark  brown  hair  and  blue 
eyes  J  in  conversation  animated  and  generally  interesting. 

In  taking  leave  of  this  subject  the  writer  would  say,  that  he  has 
been  induced  to  pay  this  poor  tribute  to  his  memory  only  from  a 
feeling  that  the  value  of  his  services  had  been  overlooked,  and  it 
was  the  duty  of  some  one  to  make  an  enduring  record  of  what  he 
had  done  for  posterity.  The  lesson  of  his  life  has  not  been  lost 
upon  his  descendants,  over  thirty  of  whom  responded  to  the  call  of 
their  country  in  the  late  war  for  the  Union  ;  and  in  their  various 
positions  have  done  what  they  could  to  perpetuate  the  blessings  of 
liberty.  The  gratitude  of  a  nation  is  due,  not  only  to  those  who 
founded  it,  but  also  to  those  who  have  aided  in  its  preservation. 


I 


I 


GENEALOGY  OF  THE  ALLAN  FAMILY. 


COMPILED  BY  GEOROE  H.  ALLAN,  OF   NEW  YORK. 


Copy  of  an  Original  Record  of  the  Family  of  William  Allan, 
born  in  Scotland  about  1720,  came  to  Halifax,  N.  S.  in  1749. 
Died  about  1790. 

1744.  July  the  9^^,  (0.  S.).  William  Allan  &  Isabell  Maxwell; 
married. 

1746.  Jan.  3''.  John  Allan  born  about  half  after  one  o'clock 
Friday  afternoon  in  Edinburgh  Castle  ;  Baptas'd  by  Mr.  Glasgow 
the  5ii'. 

1747.  Aug'  16.  Mary  Allan  born  about  11  at  night,  Sunday,  in 
Perth  and  Died  the  22'',  Same  month. 

1750.  Dec.  25<i'.  Elizabeth  Allan  born  about  3  o'clock  in  Hali- 
fax J  babtized  by  Mr.  Tully,  in  the  church  of  England  ;  Mr.  Forbes 
Baker,  Mr.  Sennacherib  Martyn  &  Mrs.  Goupland,  Godfathers  & 
Godmother.  Marry'd  Thursday,  August  27''',  1772,  to  John  George 
Pyke. 

J  752.  Octobr  27.  William  Allan  Born  about  4  in  the  morning, 
at  Chignecto,  Fort  Lawrence,  Friday ;  Capt.  John  Hale,  Lieut. 
Rob'  Patvshell  «&.  Mrs.  Bishop,  Godfathers  &  Godmother.  Babtised 
by  Mr.  Wood. 

1754.  Sept.  30.  George  Allan  Born  about  4  o'clock  Monday 
Morning,  Chignecto,  Fort  Lawrence;  Mr.  Sennacherib  Martyn, 
Godfather,  Babtized  by  Mr.  Wood.  Dyed  the  19th  May,  1804,  a 
little  before  five  O'clock  on  Saturday  Afternoon. 

1756.  Aug.  25"'.  James  Allan  Born  Tuesday,  about  Fort  Cum- 
berland; Babtized  by  Mr.  W.  Wood;  Died  November  1st,  1757. 

1759.  April,  lO'i'.  Jean  Allan,  Born  Tuesday  half  afte:  10  at 
night.    Fort   Cumberland ;  Babtized  by  the   reverd   Mr.    Thomas 


Ill 


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Wilkinson.      1775.  February   7th,  Tuesday,  marry'd   to  Thomas 
Cochran  by  the  reverend  Docf  Breynton. 

1760.  Nov.  21st.  Winckworth  Allan  Born ;  Cristned  by  Joshua 
Tiffs. 

1762.  July  23.  Isabella  Allan  Born. 

1767.  Isabel  Allan  (wife  of  William  Allan  Senior),  Departed 
this  life  about  the  Turn  of  the  Night  between  the  30th  &  31st  of 
August,  5  minutes  before  12  O'clock. 

Note.  It  will  be  seen  by  the  above  record,  that  seven  of  the 
nine  children  of  William  Allan,  were  born  in  America.  Two  of 
them,  Mary  and  James,  died  in  infancy,  and  as  near  as  I  can  ascer- 
tain, George  and  Winckworth  were  never  married.  The  latter 
went  to  England  and  became  a  wealthy  merchant  in  London  where 
he  died.  The  three  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Jean  and  Isabella, 
became  connected  by  marriage  with  the  Pyke,  Cochran  and  Hill 
families  of  Halifax.  Their  descendants  are  numerous,  influential 
and  wealthy.  Many  of  them  have  occupied  prominent  positions  in 
provincial  society;  several  of  them  have  occupied  high  rank  in 
the  British  army,  and  have  been  knighted  by  the  queen  for  bravery 
iii  xiidia  and  the  Crimea.  William  Allan,  Jr.,  removed  from  Hali- 
fax to  Fort  Cumberland,  and  in  1787,  married  Sarah  Dixson.  He 
died  Oct.  4,  1806,  leaving  a  widow  and  four  sons.  Of  these,  two 
are  still  living,  Thomas  Cochran  Allan,  born  1790,  cashier  of  the 
Miramichi  Bank,  still  an  active  and  energetic  business  man  at  the 
age  of  77 ;  and  his  brother,  William  Maxwell  Allan,  a  prominent 
merchant  of  Halifax.  The  latter  has  3  sons  and  2  daughters.  A 
list  of  the  descendants  of  John  Allan,  the  eldest  son,  is  appended. 
Col.  John  Allan  was  the  eldest  son  of  William  Allan,  one  of  the 
original  settlers  of  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  and  was  born  in  Edia- 
burgh  Castle,  Scotland,  Jan.  3d,  1746,  Old  Style.  He  came  to 
lirilifax,  N.  S.,  with  his  parents  in  1749,  and  Oct.  10th,  1767,  mar- 
ried Mary  Fatten  b.  Feb.  3,  1746;  d.  June  8,  1819.  He  was  a 
representative  in  the  provincial  parliament  of  Nova  Scotia  from  1770 
to  1776,  when  he  was  obliged  to  flee  for  refuge  to  the  United  States, 
his  ideas  of  freedom  having  made  him  obnoxious  to  the  British 
government,  who  offered  rewards  for  his  apprehension.  He  came  to 
the  States  in  the  autumn  of  1776.  Proceeding  to  Philadelphia,  he 
had  several  interviews  with  General  Washington  and  also  waited  upon 


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congress.  He  was  soon  after  appointed  colonel  of  infantry  and 
Superintendent  of  Eastern  Indians,  and  was  stationed  throughout 
the  war  at  Machias,  Maine.  He  remained  at  his  post  till  1783, 
when  he  commenced  a  mercantile  business,  which  not  succeeding 
well,  he  turned  his  attention  to  agriculture,  in  which  he  continued 
till  his  death,  which  occurred  Feb.  7th,  1805.  He  had  9  children 
as  follows  : 

2.  William  Allan  b.  in  Halifax,  N.  S.,  July  23,  1768;  m.  Alice 
Crane,  b.  1770 ;  died  1841.     He  died  March  6,  1814.     Had  11 

children. 

3.  Mark  Allan  b.  in  Cumberland,  N.  S.  March  31,  1770 ;  m. 
Susan  Wilder,  b.  1774;  died  1852.  He  died  Sept.  22,  1818, 
Had  13  children. 

4.  John  Allan  b.  in  Cumberland,  N.  S.  Dec.  23,  1771 ;  m.  Me- 
hitabel  Crane,  b.  1779 ;  died  1846.  He  died  Oct.  3,  1863.  Had 
13  children. 

5.  Isabel  Maxwell  Allan  b.  in  Cumberland,  N.  S.  Oct.  23,  1773; 
not  married  ;  d.  July  12, 1829. 

6.  George  Washington  Allan  b.  in  Cumberland,  N.  S.  March  13, 
1776  ;  m.  Mary  Cutts  Hart,  b.  1779  ;  died  1864.  He  was  drowned 
at  sea,  Aug.  24,  1806.     Had  3  children. 

7.  Horatio  Gates  Allan  b.  in  Machias,  Me.,  June  13,  1779 ;  m. 
Charlotte  Crane,  b.  at  West  Point,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  25,  1782;  died  Dec. 
19th,  1840.     He  was  drowned  Oct.  20,  1837.     Had  5  children. 

8.  Anna  Allan  b.  in  Machias,  Me.,  April  16,  1781 ;  d.  in  Boston, 
Aug.  21,  1783. 

9.  Elizabeth  Allan  b.  in  Machias,  Me.,  April  16,  1781;  d.  un- 
married, in  Whiting,  Me.,  June  22,  1863. 

10.  Wiuckworth  Sargent  Allan  b.  Lubec,  Me.,  May  31,  1788  ; 
he  was  drowned  unmarried  Oct.  2,  1811. 

William  Allan  (2),  b.  1708;  d.  1814,  had  11  children,  viz  : 

11.  Alice  Allan  (1),  b.  Apr.  8,  1790  ;  m.  Jonathan  Greaves. 
He  died.  She  is  still  living  (Feb.  67).  Had  9  children,  as 
follows:  Elizabeth,!  William,-  Mary,'^  Alice,^  John,'^'  George,*^ 
(1st  Mass.  Vols.),  Jonathan,"  Harriett,'^  and  Jane."  Most  of  them 
died  young.  Elizabeth  m.  Mr.  Woodell,  had  1  child;  Ceorge, 
m.  Edna  Campbell  and  has  1  son. 

12.  John  Allan  (2),  b.  Oct.  19,  1791  ;  d.  Oct.  26,  1793. 


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13.  Mary  Allan  (3),  b.  Feb.  14, 1794  ;  m.  Abijah  Gregory.  She 
died  Feb.  19,  1827.  Had  4  sons,  Uriah  Warren  '  b.  May  13, 
1819 ;  d.  Apr.  29,  1841.  William  Allan  -'  b.  Dee.  13,  1820  ;  m! 
Alice  Crane  ;  George  Albert  a  b.  May  20,  1822  ;  d.  Feb.  19,  1853. 
Abijah  '  (m.  Anna  Fessenden)  b.  Feb.  16,  1824 ;  d.  Dec.  31,'  1851. 
The  two  last  died  in  California. 

14.  Mohitabel  Allan  (4),  b.  June  2,  1796;  m.  Rev.  George 
Brown.  Both  living.  Had  2  children,  Georgiana  i  b.  Apr.  19, 
1832;  drowned  May,  1859.  Lucius -' born  1835  :  m.  'larrietj! 
Crane.     Has  1  child. 

15.  Isabel  Maxwell  Allan  (5),  b.  Oct.  2,  1797;  m.  (1)  John 
Everett  1794-1826  and  (2)  Isaac  Parrit,  1782-1842.  By  her  first 
husband  she  had  4  children.  (1)  Alice  Allan  Everett  b.  1818;  m. 
Geo.  H.  Stevens.  She  died  1852.  Had  4  children  all  living,  'viz : 
Sarah,  Isabel,  Everett  and  Ella.  (2),  Charles  Henry  Everett  b. 
1821;  m.  Adelia  Ketchum.  Had  2  children,  Mary  b.  1848;  and 
John  Forrest  b.  1850.  (3),  Emeline  Everett  b.  1823 ;  m.  (1),  L. 
M.  Jordan,  and  (2),  C.  M.  Tinker.  Has  2  children,  Octavil  b. 
1849;  and  John  Henry  b.  1854.  (4),  Mary  Gregory  Everett  b. 
1827  ;  m.  John  W.  Hill.  Has  3  children,  Charles,  b.  1852 ;  d.  1859, 
Georgiana  b.  1860,  and  Lewis  b.  1863. 

10.  Eliza  Ann  Allan  b.  June  14,  1799.     Resides  in  Machias,  Me. 

17.  William  Allan  b.  March  24,  1801 ;  died  Dec.  26,  1824. 

18.  George  Washington  Allan  b.  Sept.  25,  1802;  m.  1831, 
Mary  Ann  Rotch  b.  1810.  Resides  in  Boston.  Had  3  children' 
Georj^e  Hayward  i  b.  June  16,  1832 ;  Frances  Maria  '-'  b.  Oct.  16,' 
1834 ;  m.  W.  H.-Thomes  b.  May  5,  1824.  Has  1  dau.  Mary  A.  b! 
Jan.  3,  1858  ;  and  Edward  Jerome  -  b.  Sept.  7,  1838;  d  May  27 
1858, 

19.  Charlotte  Crane  Allan  b.  June  24, 1804.  Resides  in  Machias 
Me. 

20.  Susan  Patton  Allan  b.  Oct.  15,  1806 ;  m.  James  Crane  b. 
1807.  Had  5  children.  Jared,'  (6th  Maine  Vols.),  b.  Oct.  23, 
1836;  m.  Hannah  Longfellow.  Has  1  child  Helen  May.  Helen -^ 
b.  1839 ;  d.  an  infant.  Harriet  Jacobs  ■>  b.  Nov.  29, 1840 ,  m.  Lucius 
Brown.  Has  1  child.  James  Eustace,'  (6th  Maine  Vols.),  b.  Sept., 
1842;  m.  Jennie  Whclplcy.  Susan  E.-  b.  Feb.,  1846;  m.  Frank 
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21,  Harriet  Cochran  Allan  b.  Deo.  29,  1809;  m.  Asa  Jacobs; 
d.  July  29,  1840.  Had  1  son,  Wm.  Wirt  Jacobs  b.  June,  1840 ;  d. 
Aug.,  1840. 


Mark  Allan  (3),  1770-1818,  had  13  children,  viz : 

22.  Susan  Allan  (1),  b.  Jan.  8,  1793  ;  m.  Samuel  Wheeler.  She 
died  1851.  Had  5  children,  Susan, i  Samuel,-  Mark,'^  Catharine,* 
William.  5 

23.  Anna  Allan  (2),  b.  Feb.,  1794  ;  died  in  infancy. 

24.  Mary  Patton  Allan  (3),  b.  Apr.,  1795  ;  m.  Andrew  Sprague. 
Had  11  children,  Andrew,'  Mary  A.,-  Benjamin,-'  Susan, »  Samuel,^ 
Eliza,c  Sarah,"  George,'^  Elijah,'*  Martha,'Oand  Caroline, ii,  most  of 
whom  are  married  and  have  families  of  children. 

25.  Lydia  C.  Allan  (4),  b.  Aug.  9,  1797 ;  m.  True  Bradbury. 
Had  5  children  Wyer,  Samuel,  Stephen,  Sarah  and  Mary,  all  of 
whom  are  married  and  have  families.  Several  members  of  this 
family  enlisted  in  the  army  and  navy  during  the  late  war, 

26.  Elizabeth  Allan  (5),  b.  Feb.,  1799 ;  m.  Eben  Chickering. 
Had  1  son,  John  Newton  Chickering. 

27.  Jane  Cochran  Allan  (6),  b.  Dec,  1800 ;  m.  Eben  Wilder, 
Had  8  children,  Eben,i  Mariner,'^  Jane,''  Mark,t  (28th  Maine  Vols.,) 
Heman,'5  Abigail,'*  Harriet,"  and  William,*  some  of  whom  married 
and  had  families  of  children. 

28.  John  Allan  (7),  b.  Sept.  3,  1802;  m.  (1),  Lydia  Kilby,  (2), 
Emma  Wiswell.  Had  2  sons,  John  i  b.  1840  ;  and  William  2  b, 
1846;  d.  1846. 

29.  Theophilus  W.  Allan  (8),  b.  Apr.  28,  1804;  m.  Martha  R. 
Sargent.  She  died  1865.  Had  8  children.  Nelson  S.'  b.  Feb,  22, 
1830;  m.  Abby  G.  Hobart,  Has  2  children.  Martha  Anna  b. 
March  27,  1832 ;  m.  A.  L.  Todd.  Has  2  children.  Theophilus  3 
b.  Nov.  21,  1834;  d.  FeV  9,  1859.  Harriet  LA  b.  Dec.  27,  1836; 
m.  Rev.  A.  J.  Rich.  Has  3  children.  John  Davis  •>  b.  March  11, 
1839;  m.  Margaret  Hersey.  Susanna"  b.  July  13,  1842.  Eliza- 
beth '  b.  April  10,  1845,  and  William  R.s  b.  May  24,  1847. 

30.  Sally  Allan  (9),  b.  July,  1806.     Resides  in  Dennysville,  Me, 

31.  William  Allan  (10),  b.  March  13,  1808;  m.  Jane  Potter  b. 
1814.  Had  3  children,  Mary  Eliza  '  b.  1842.  Susan -^  b.  1848 ; 
d.  1852.     Wm.  F.f  born  1850;  d.  1854.     Resides  Dennysville,  Me. 


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32.  Patton  Allan  (11),  b.  1810 ;  d.  1812. 

33.  Abigail  Allan  (12),  b  Juno  11,  1813.  Kesides  in  Dennys- 
ville,  Me. 

34.  Ebenezer  W.  (13),  b.  1818;  d.  1825. 
John  Allan  (4),  1771-1863,  had  13  children. 

35.  Charlotte  A  llan( I),  b.  Sept.  29, 1798  ;in.  James  Nutter.  She 
died  1842,  Had  16  children,  viz:  Matthias!  b.  1817 ;  d.  1838, 
Mehitabel  a  b.  1818.  Mary  •'  b.  1820.  James  '  h.  1821 ;  d.  1841. 
Susan 5  b.  1822;  d.  1845.  Martha"  b.  1825.  Jackson  7  b.  1826. 
Abijah^  b.  1827;  d.  1829.  Valeria"  b.  1829 ;  d.  1834.  Jose- 
phine '0  b.  1831.  Ellen  "  b.  1832.  Ursula  i^  b.  1835.  George  »3 
b.  1836  ;  d.  1861.  Daniel  i^  b.  1838.  Emma  '^  b.  1840.  Joanna  le 
b.  1842  ;  d.  1846.     Several  of  these  have  families. 

36.  John  Crane  Allan  (2),  b.  Jan.  31,  1800;  m.  1825  Achsah 
Sawyer.  Had  5  children.  Anna  i  b.  1826;  m.  James  Carey. 
Has  2  children.  George  Washington  2  b.  1829;  m.  3Iary  Moore. 
Has  2  children.  Nathaniel,*  6th  Maine  Vols.,  b.  1832;  died 
Libby  Prison,  Richmond,  1864,  Amelia*  b.  1834;  m.  Israel  P. 
Smith.  Has  3  children.  Albert^  15th  Maine  Vols.,  born  1838  • 
d.  1862. 

37.  Horatio  Gates  Allan  (3),  b.  Dec.  6, 1801;  m.  1828,  Margaret 
Leighton  b.  1806  ;  d.  1843.  Had  5  children.  Mary  L  i  b.  1830. 
Edward  H.-' b.  1832.  Keziah-^  b.  1835.  Melissa  "  b.  1839;  d. 
1842,  and  William  ■>  b.  1845.     The  first  three  have  families. 

38.  Elizabeth  Allan  (4),  b.  Sept.  14,  1803;  m.  18L7,  Major 
Joseph  Allan.  Had  6  children,  Louisa,i  William,"^  Elbridge,'^ 
Isabel, >  Albion,'  and  George,«  6th  Maine  Vols.  Four  of  these  are 
married  and  have  families. 

3i.\  Winckworth  Allan  (5),  b.  Aug.  25, 1805;  m.  1828,  Hannah 
Robinson.  Had  9  children.  Sophroniai  b,  1829.  Benjamin  2  b. 
1831;  d.  1852.  Joseph'^  b.  1834.  Fernando  i  b.  1838;  d.  1843. 
Sophila-^  b.  1840.  John''  b.  1842;  d.  1843.  William  '  b.  1845. 
Emma  '^  b.  1847.     Mary  »  b.  1850.     Several  of  these  have  families. 

40.  George  Washington  Allan  (6),  born  June  27, 1807 ;  d.  unm. 
Oct.  10, 1832. 

41.  Mehitabel  Crane  Allan  (7),  b.  Aug.  29,  1809;  m.  Wm, 
Goodwin.  She  died  1850  in  Northern  Michigan.  Had  3  children, 
Alissa,'  Laura  ~  and  Frank.^ 


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31 


42.  Henry  Dearborn  Allan  (8),  b.  Oct.  30,  1811 ;  ra.  Catharine 
Morang  b.  1812.  He  was  killed  by  the  bursting  of  a  cannon,  July 
4,  1866.  Had  5  children.  Alvrah  W.'  b.  1843.  Susan  -  b.  1845. 
Elizabeth 'J  b.  1850.     Isabella^  b.  1852,  and  Sarah  ^>  b.  1854. 

43.  Isabella  Allan  (9),  b.  March  25, 1814 ;  m.  Hiram  Huckins. 
She  d.  1848.  Had  6  children,  John,i  Valeria,-  Alice,^  James,'^ 
Henry  ■'  and  Emerson."     Two  of  these  are  married. 

44.  Mary  Ann  Allan  (10),  b.  Aug.  22,  1816 ;  m.  Edward  Good- 
win. Had  9  children.  Joanna  b.  1837.  James  b.  1838.  Eliza- 
beth b.  1839.  Aurelia  b.  1841.  George,  28th  Maine  Vols.,  b.  1843. 
Franklin  b.  1845.  Sarah  b.  1853.  '  Joseph  b.  1855 ;  d.  1858,  and 
Adda  b.  1861 ;  d.  1862.     Two  or  three  of  these  are  married. 

45.  Evelina  Allan  (11),  b.  Feb.  6,  1819;  m.  Benj.  P.  Bridges. 
Had  4  children.  Heury,  28th  Maine  Vols.,  b.  1840.  Mehitabel  b. 
1844.  Eliza  Ann  b.  1846;  d.  1862,  and  Zachary  Taylor  b.  1849. 
Henry  died  in  the  army  in  1863,  at  Plaquemine,  La.  Mary  m.  J. 
B.  Leighton. 

*  46.  Alice  Allan  (12),  b.  May  20,  1821 ;  d.  next  day. 

47.  Abijah  Gregory  Allan  (13),  June  5, 1823  ;  m.  Sarah  Jewett. 
Had  3  children.  John  1  1848.  Harriet  b.  1855,  and  Ella  b. 
1856.  He  enlisted  in  13th  Maine  Regt.,  and  died  in  N.  Orleans, 
July  27,  1862. 

George  Washington  Allan  (6),  b.  1776;  d.  1806.     Had  3  children. 

48.  Theodore  Cutis  Allan  (1),  b.  Dec.  26,  1803  ;  m.  Nancy  Hall. 
He  died  1865.  Had  2  children.  Theodore  b.  Feb.,  1844,  and 
Mary  born  April,  1847.     She  is  married  and  lives  in  Orland,  Me. 

49.  John  George  Allan  (2),  born  Apr.  5,  1805;  d.  April,  1824. 

50.  Mary  Elizabeth  Allan  (3),  b.  March  15,  1807;  m.  George 
Comstock  b.  Apr.  19,  1799.  Had  seven  children.  Hiram  b.  Feb., 
1828 ;  m.  Mary  E.  Brown.  Has  J  child.  Mary  Ardelia  b.  Dec. 
20,  1829;  d.  Aug.  8,  1849.  x.nr.  Maria  b.  May  21,  1832;  m. 
John  A.  Davis.  Has  2  children.  Theodore  Allan  (Navy)  b.  May 
8,  1834 ;  acting  Master  U.  S.  Steamer  "  Onward."  Eurilla  Eliza- 
beth b.  Jan.  8,  1838  ;  m.  Alfred  Small.  Lucia  Emily  b.  May  8, 
1843.     Sarah  Jeaunett  b.  June  11,  1845. 

Horatio  Gates  Allan  (7);  b.  1779;  d.  1837.     Had  5  children. 

51.  Charles  Hill  Allan  (1;,  b,  Nov.  15,  18U9;.  m.  Clarissa  Var- 
ney.     He  died  1864. 


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52.  Winckwortli  Sargent  Allan  (2),  b.  March  11, 1812  j  lu.  (1)  to 
Hannah  Libby,  and  had  b-"  her,  2  children.  Prentiss,  (12th  Regt. 
Me.,)  b.  1841,  and  Emma  b.  1842  j  m.  (2)  to  Catharine  B.  Libby, 
and  had  by  her  three  children.  Edgar  b.  1848.  Catharine  b.  1855, 
and  an  infant  daughter ;  d.  1847;  m.  (3)  to  Susan  Knox.  Had  by 
her  1  child,  Lena  b.  1861. 

53.  William  George  Allan  (3),  b.  Aug.  9,  1814;  m.  Anna  Lan- 
der. Has  3  children.  Mary  Isabella  b.  Sept.  18,  1843  ;  m.  J.  H. 
Winchell.  Georgiana  Brown  b.  Sept.  1,  1845.  Alice  Kate  b.  Fob. 
13, 1851.     Resides,  Haverhill,  Mass 

54.  Alice  Crane  Allan  (4),  b.  Oct.  7,  1818 ;  m.  Asaph  Sawyer. 
Has  3  children.  Charlotte  b.  Aug.  11,  1846.  Alice  b.  March  27, 
1848.     Nathaniel  Gates  b.  Apr.  24,  1850. 

55.  Mary  Isabel  Allan  b.  Nov.  15,  1821 ;  died  unmarried  Sept. 
23,  1841. 


J  ru.  (1)  to 
12th  Regt. 
B.  Libby, 
ae  b.  1855, 
:.     Had  by 

A.nna  Lan- 
;  m.  J.  H. 

ate  b.  Fob. 

ih  Sawyer. 
March  27, 

Tried  Sept. 


